About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0091
  • Title[Close-ups of handcuffs]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (GOVT 0092), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two close-up views of men in handcuffs at unidentified location in Brooklyn; 0091 shows man with right wrist bound by twisted metal strands held by police officer at left; 0092 shows man held by metal handcuffs on both wrists. Caption on verso of 0092: "Two of the most popular methods of practicing the exalted art of handcuffing a prisoner are demonstrated here by detectives. At the left [0092] the time-honored 'bracelets' clasp man's wrists together so that he can't even scratch his back."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On versos: date inscribed: July 11/37. 0092 retouched, and with grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectHandcuffs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Prisoners -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Government: Judiciary: Criminal Court